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Plugin Description
“Most And Least Read Posts Widget” is a free plugin for WordPress. developed by Giuliano Polverari (WhileTrue.it) to generate lists of the most and least read posts.
The following options are customizable:
- number of posts to show
- exclude posts whose title contains certain words
- show post hits after the title (style customizable via CSS class)
- exclude posts older than XX days
The plugin starts counting hits once activated, storing them in the “custom_total_hits” custom field without the need of external accounts.
The most popular web crawlers (e.g. Googlebot) are recognized and their hits discarded; also Admin hits are discarded.
Archived post hits are shown in a column inside the backend post list.
The plugin is compatible with multi-language WPML plugin, showing most/least read posts for current language.
Optionally, the number of hits can be shown inside the post content, with:
- a custom phrase, e.g. “This post has already been read XX times!”
- a custom position (above the post, below the post, both)
- a custom CSS style
If you want to show the post hits anywhere inside the template loop, you can the PHP function provided, e.g.:
echo most_and_least_read_posts_get_hits(get_the_ID());
Shortcode
Also, [most_read_posts] a shortcode is available. Use it like this:
[most_read_posts type="most" posts_number="5" show_thumbs="false" date_from="2016-01-01" date_to="2016-04-30"]
Shortcode attributes:
- type: “most” or “least”
- posts_number
- words_excluded
- title_max_chars
- excerpt_max_chars
- show_thumbs: “true” or “false”
- add_line_break_before_thumbs: “true” or “false”
- show_hits: “true” or “false”
- show_hits_text (default: “views”)
- days_ago
- date_from and date_to: if set, overwrite the “days_ago” attribute (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
Reference
For more informations: www.whiletrue.it
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Screenshots
Sample Widget on site, plain wiew
Sample Widget on site, with post hits and thumbs
Options available in the Admin Widget box
Options available in the Admin Settings menu
